Shade and curtain bracket.



No. 730,187. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903:, j

k K. M. DYMOND. SHADE ANDOURTAIN BRACKET.

APRLIUATION FILED FEB. 19, 1901.

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, INVENTOR WITNESSESf I PATENTED JUNE 2,1903,-

K. M DYMOND SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19, 1901.

L T E E H A S T B B H S 2 WM/ a UNITED p ST TES l iiatented'ifun' 2, 1903.

PATENT O Ficit.

KATE M. DYMOND, OF MOGSIO, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHADE AND cue-ra n BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,187, dated June 2, 1903.

Application filed February 19,1901. Serial No. 47,901. (No modeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,KATE M.DYMOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moosic;

in the county of Lackawanna and State-of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Shade and Curtain Brackets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to shade andcurtain fixtures for windows of dwelling-houses; and the objects of the invention are to provide a consolidated bracket for holding windowinvention. Fig. 2 is an inside view-of a righthand bracket for the same, the two constituting a pair. Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the lines on which the shanks of the brackets are cut when constructed from plate metal, the

dotted lines thereon showing the positions of the bends and beading. Fig. at is a cross-section of the shank, taken on the line w .90 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 shows a method of sliding the bracket onto a strip to be secured to the window to be curtained. Fig. 6 is a top plan view showing the brackets in position on thecasing of a window and showing the relative locations of the shade-roller and curtain-rods mounted thereon. Fig. 7 is a front view of a window fitted with curtains where my device is used, illustrating how the shade and ourtain fixtures may be'almost completely hidden by the curtains themselves. Fig. 8 is a View in perspective of one of my brackets in a substitute form, wherein it is adapted to be fastened against the flat facing of a windowcase in the usual way by a pair of screws. Fig. 9 is a view in isometric perspective of both ends of a shade-roller and curtain-rods mounted by the use of my brackets. Fig. 10

securing the curtain-rods.

Similar characters of reference denote like and corresponding parts throughout the views. g

In the drawings, 1 designates the shank or fastening-piece of the brackets proper, which are adapted when bent over, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to clasp around a wooden strip 18, which may be approximately one by one and one-fourth (lxli) inches iii-dimensions;

but the said shank may. be bent only onthe line 2, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the shank 1 remains in the flat position, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case screw-holes 3 3 may be used to secure the bracket to a window-casin g, the arm 4 in that case being bent into a plane at right angles to that of the plane of the shank 1 in similar manner, as is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5. Thearmsof the brackets are beaded at 5 to stiffen and prevent thetn from being bent sidewise. The'left arm is provided with a notch 6, adapted to receive the fiat gudgeon 20 of the ordinary spring. shade roller. It is also provided with an additional flat eyelet 6' as asubstitute place for secn'ringthe gudgeon aforesaid. The right bracket is supplied with around eyelet 7 for the round gudgeon 21 at theopposite end of the ordinary spring shade-roller 17. Bothbrackets are provided with extensions 8, which extension parts of the bracket are provided with eyelets 9 and 10, adapted to hold the curtain-rods 11 and 12,'onto which the curtains 13 and 14, respectively, are shirred,

the one lapping past the other, as shown in Fig. 7.

In. the use of the device the curtain-rods 11 and 12 are provided with removable knobs 15 and 16, which when removed permit of the curtain-rods to be inserted into the eyelets of the brackets and when secured to the ends, as shown in Fig/6, make'a sort of framework of the brackets, rods 11 and 12, shade-roller 17, and bracketstick 18. When the parts are thus securedtogether, the.

bracket-stick 18 may be screwed or tacked to the window-casing 19 and removed and replaced as often as desired without disturbing the connections of the other parts. It should also be understood that this may be done after the curtains 13 and 14 are shirredis a full-size view of one of the knobs used in onto their respective rods, so that my device provides a means for taking down the shades and curtains, leaving their fixtures intact for the purpose of dusting and cleaning, and permits of the same to be remounted without disturbing their connections or requiring the usual amount of labor heretofore required in such operations. It the shadestick 18 is omitted from the device, the roller, curtain-rods, and brackets may then be secured to the Window-casing by the use of four nails or screws, two being driven through the eyelet3of each bracket, securing them to the proper locations on the casings of the windows to be curtained.

I do not wish to be confined to the exact construction illustrated in the drawings, as it is evident the details may be varied without departing from the general spirit of the invention.

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A blank for shade fixtures having a shank and arm portion integrally made from sheet or plate metal, the said shank portion having nail or screw holes whereby it is to be secured direct to a window-casing, and also provided with marks for locating bends to be made therein to adapt the said shank for clasping a strip, substantially as specified.

2. A blank for shade-fixtures comprisinga shank and arm portion integrally made from sheet or plate metal, the said shank portion having nail or screw holes whereby it is to be secured direct to a window-casing, and also provided with marks for locating bends to be made therein to adapt the said shank for clasping a strip, and the said arm portion suitably stifiened with a swage in the vicinity of its connection with the shank portion, substantially as specified.

3. A blank for shade and curtain fixtures, comprising a shank and an arm portion integrally made from sheet or plate metal, the arm portion thereof provided with a shadeholding eyelet and two curtain-rod eyelets substantially in line, the said arm tapering generally from the shank to the tip, and suitably stitfened in the vicinity of the shank, and the shank thereof provided with lugs having nail-holes for fastening, and marks thereon to indicate lines for bending the lugs, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KATE M. DYMOND.

Witnesses:

D. G. l\.'[ORAN, A. L. DA'IESMAN. 

